David Hicks’ memoir recounting his time as a detainee in US military detention centre Guantanamo Bay has been nominated for the Queensland Premier’s Literary Award. Does he deserve the $15,000 prize on literary merit?
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Wikileaks Hicks and the conspiracy theorists hijack the WikiLeaks debate
The longest round of applause at last night’s WikiLeaks forum at Sydney Town Hall was reserved for David Hicks…
David Hicks: responding to the critics
On Sunday, December 12, the Sun Herald printed an article that falsely claims that i have broken my silence “for the first time”. At no time did I agree to an interview with the Sun Herald. At this time I have still never given an interview to any media, writes former Guantanamo Bay detainee David Hicks.
Wright: Howard dodges shoes and Hicks
On last night’s Q&A program former PM John Howard not only fielded some tricky questions - one from former Guantánamo Bay detainee David Hicks - but also dodged a volley of shoes, writes Tony Wright.
Why David Hicks is a liar
The new autobiography by one of the first prisoners in Guantanamo Bay, Australian David Hicks, is “self-serving, sanitised and disingenuous”, declares Sally Neighbour. Hicks failed to analyse or question his own actions and motives and underplays his role in Afghanistan .
They should hang their heads over the Hicks farce
Evidence had been obtained through prisoner abuse, and the Gitmo trials were subject to direct political influence, writes Irfan Yusuf.
Lookalikes
Billy Bowden and Rodney Adler … Kevin Rudd and Kim Jong-Il … David Hicks and Chucky. Could they possible be related?
David Hicks trial a “charade”: Lasry’s verdict
Lex Lasry QC this morning presented to the Law Council of Australia the third and final instalment of his investigation into David Hicks’s case. Here is a snapshot of his findings.
